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- Definition: Happy Family - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteFamily Happiness Happiness is emotion in which one experiences feelings ranging from contentment and satisfaction to bliss and intense joy. This definition is, however, a synonymous one. A more clarified one is almost impossible to conceive due to the capacity by which a human can allocate the ...
Views: 7076 - How Crayons Work - Four Fun Facts For Creative Kids - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Michael BennettKid coloring page crayons have a history. Here are four free color crayon history facts most kids don't know. 1) Kids crayons 2) History and Inventors of crayons 3) How crayons are made 4) Types and Uses of Crayons Add these to your coloring know how braggin' rights, kid. 1. ...
Views: 6963(1 vote) - Motorcycle History For Children - Fun Facts For Motorcycle - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Michael BennettMotorcycle coloring kid, teach other coloring pages kids about motorcycle history. Every motorbike coloring kid needs a coloring buddy. You are the coloring buddy. Let's roll... Motorcycle coloring boy, the first motorcycle sold was a Hildebrand and Wolfmuller motorcycle. This was in 1894 ...
Views: 6955 - How to Deal with Your Mother-In-Law - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2004 from Debbie MandelJust the word, mother-in-law, fills the heart with trepidation and self-doubt. This woman has assumed mythic proportions wielding criticism, guilt and coldness. When she visits, you feel like the inspector general has marched into your home. When she interacts with the children, she is ...
Views: 6954(1 vote) - ***Keeping Your Marriage Strong While Raising Children - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Kids! We love them. We cherish them. They bring joy to our lives. When we have children in a marriage, we understand finally, and once and for all, what eternity means. While we are not immortal, we learn the meaning of everlasting life when we ...
Views: 6947(26 votes) - How Limiting Beliefs are Created in Early Childhood - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2009 from Sean SmithNearly all limiting beliefs such as “I’m not good enough” or “I’ll never succeed” or “I don’t belong” or “I’m unlovable” are created in early childhood by unsuspecting parents who mean well, but just don’t understand how their children’s little minds work. The effects of such self-defeating ...
Views: 6768 - Essential Tools to Achieve Strong Family Relationships - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2020 from Vivian HarteFamily relationships are some of the most important in your life. There are many families that you may be relating to: • the family you grew up in • your extended family of aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces, nephews, and all their husbands and wives • your current family • perhaps the ...
Views: 6761(1 vote) - 10 Steps to a Great Family Life: Run it Like a Business! - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2009 from Diana FletcherRunning a happy, successful home can be compared to running a successful business. I do both. These are the key areas that cannot be neglected. 1. Know your mission. Companies have mission statements and it is important to know the mission statement for your family. My husband and I decided ...
Views: 6614(2 votes) - The Many Uses Of Coffee Tables - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Sarika PeriwalNow while Amish dining tables may be the better known product that these master craftsmen turn out, Amish coffee tables are another much sought after item when it comes to Amish living room furniture. Amish coffee tables can be an excellent addition to any living room space not just because they ...
Views: 6460 - ***How Can Families Cope With The Loss Of Their Home? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2008 from Dr. LeslieBeth (LB) WishLosing your home for any reason is heart-wrenching. Many families describe the feeling as “the rug being pulled out from under you” or “losing your moorings.” Money issues are one of the top sources of stress for families these days, and the number of families who have ...
Views: 6440 - Getting Along with Family - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Deborah HillFamily members are often our greatest and most difficult ongoing teachers. A reader of my blog "Getting Along with Difficult People" (www.theawarenessinitiative.com/blog) asked how to get along with family members. I can't say that I've mastered the family conumdrum. In fact, I believe that ...
Views: 6405(3 votes) - ***Expert Q&A: Criticizing Your Partner in Public - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2011 from Dr. LeslieBeth (LB) WishHave a relationship question and want Dr. Wish's advice? Email her a question, here. Your query may become an article! Q: My husband is always picking on me in public. How can I get him to stop? A: Many of us have been caught off guard in social situations where someone else exposed ...
Views: 6379 - Stop Feeling Controlled by a Difficult Family Member or Colleague - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2009 from Sharon MelnickUsually people are “difficult” because they are going about getting their needs met in the only way they know how. They have very specific (and we might think “overly rigid”) ways of feeling powerful and having esteem; they focus narrowly on controlling things, situations, and people so that ...
Views: 6375(4 votes) - Helping the Person with Dementia Grieve After the Death of a Loved One - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from Beth PattersonCaregivers and family members often ask whether they should tell a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease or other dementia about a death in the family, and how they can help them grieve. Although much has been written about the profound grief of caregivers and other family members throughout the ...
Views: 6364(1 vote) - Parenting: Providing Security and Stability for Kids - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from Aidan MitchelParenthood is a balancing act of nurturing, teaching, and protecting, with a goal of producing a functional, well adjusted, and independent adult. Parenting responsibility has always been considered as the most difficult undertaking of an adult. More so now in this new millennium where ...
Views: 6340 - Hurt Feelings vs. Hurt Heart - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2009 from Margaret PaulClifford, 42, married with children, told me during a phone session that he was tired of not feeling happy and joyous. "As a small child, I remember being so happy and excited about life. But my parents didn't receive me at all. They were indifferent to my creativity and ...
Views: 6269(6 votes) - ***Marriage Can Last a Lifetime for Some Very Good Reasons - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2010 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Recently, we reviewed some research that addressed the issue of how to make the “romance” of a marriage last. While we think the essay generally reflects what we have found in our 26+ years of research on six of the world’s seven continents, we take ...
Views: 6266(42 votes) - Parents: The 3 Most Catastrophic Mistakes Parents Make And How To Avoid Them - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2010 from Sandra DyeIn all the years I have been working with children and parents, I am amazed at just how many parents believe they can tell their children what to do and their children should just “do as they are told”. Well I am here to tell you: nothing could be further from the truth. Most of these ...
Views: 6263(7 votes) - Dear Dr. Romance: He wants me to wait on him - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I heard you on the radio today and I think that this is my last hope. My dad told me to listen to you this afternoon, since I have been having problems with my marriage. I am in my late twenties and I have 3 children under four years old. My husband is two years older. We ...
Views: 6160 - What We Can Learn From The Amish Work Ethic - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2008 from Gary Kenneth ArcherI grew up in the Amish, Mennonite country of south central Pennsylvania. Rolling hills with fertile ground made for excellent farming. Sundays after church my dad would get us all in the car for a Sunday drive that would invariably take us into the heart of Lancaster ...
Views: 6094(1 vote) - Four Keys To Effective Assertion - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2010 from Peter GerlachDO YOU HAVE an "assertion hero/ine" - i.e. someone you regard as exceptionally adept at asserting her or his needs, feelings, opinions, and boundaries? Would others name *you* as a world-class asserter? The American Management Association once defined "assertion" as communicating in a way ...
Views: 6087 - What Is Missing Mother Syndrome? - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Carna Zacharias-Miller,We all want to be happy. However, if a woman pushes herself to emotional and mental exhaustion in order to reach “perfect” happiness, she could suffer from a condition she probably has never heard of: Missing Mother Syndrome. When Megan Meadows (not her real name) came to me, she just ...
Views: 6045(1 vote) - Why Are Children in the Same Family So Different From One Another? - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Arlene HarderDiscover what factors create a personality and give each of us a different perspective on life. “When I approach a child He inspires in me two sentiments: Tenderness for what he is, And respect for what he may become.” —Louis Pasteur One of the questions I am most often asked is, “How ...
Views: 6009(2 votes) - pH Balance: How To Achieve Neutral pH Levels - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2007 from Mel TeskeThe pH level, the acid-alkaline measurement of the body, affects every single one of our cells. A constantly imbalanced pH level won’t be tolerated by the body system, which may result in obesity (the body creates fat cells to carry acids away from our vital organs), allergies (the ...
Views: 5997 - Peace at Any Cost What does that Mean? - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2009 from Tricia DyckaPeace at any cost, what does it mean? To me it means following or agreeing with another in order to avoid conflict. The cost is ignoring what you feel, think or believe. My Grandmother lived this way. I watched time and time again what it did to her. Her belief in peace at any cost came back ...
Views: 5977(2 votes) - ***Expert Q&A: Remarrying Your Ex - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2012 from Dr. LeslieBeth (LB) WishQ: Should I remarry my ex? A: We all like second chances in life. Rarely do we get them. Remarrying your ex is one of the few opportunities for a "do-over." There are no divorce statistics for people who re-marry their ex. However, the divorce rate for all second marriages is about sixty ...
Views: 5921 - ***Expert Q&A: Dating the Person With Whom You Cheated - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2012 from Dr. LeslieBeth (LB) WishQ: I'm dating the person with whom I cheated. How can I learn to trust him? A: There is some truth that those who cheated on their partner are more likely to cheat again in a new relationship. Cheaters, after all, have crossed one of those major relationship boundaries-fidelity. And cheaters ...
Views: 5859 - ***The Seven Most Common Mistakes Made By Marriage Counselors - Part 1 of 2 - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2010 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. We have studied successfully married couples for over 26 years on six of the world’s seven continents. We have traveled in more countries than we can remember. And while our focus has been on those who have made their marriages work; we are also ...
Views: 5801(38 votes) - Rules of Engagement for Adult Time-Outs - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2010 from James HendrixWhy Do We Need Time-Outs? When your heart rate gets above about 100 beats per minute we as humans loose the capacity to think rationally with some exceptions: Athletes, soldiers, doctors, police, firefighters and the like are trained to handle situations where they have to function in high ...
Views: 5774(2 votes) - Long Term Teenage Relationship Problems - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2011 from Francis HoseinLong term teenage relationship problems are becoming very common nowadays. These problems are usually full of drama and can cause a lot of collateral problems in the school and the teenagers’ family. Some long term teenage relationship problems can even lead to drug abuse or suicides. If not ...
Views: 5771(1 vote) - The Three 'Magic' Questions To Save Your Marriage - by Submitted on May 10, 2010 from Greg BakerFor years, as a Pastor and counselor, I've had to figure out how to save someone's marriage. Here is a short formula that I use to find out where the problems may truly lie, and knowing them, I can recommend a plan on what needs to be done to fix the broken relationship. You can follow it for ...
Views: 5763(2 votes) - A Love Letter To Cancer Patients - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2007 from Nicole CalhounGetting a cancer diagnosis is probably one of the most devastating things a person has to experience. I can only imagine what a person who has heard the words, “You’ve got cancer.” must feel, but that doesn’t mean I can’t sympathize with the situation and tell you ...
Views: 5755 - The History Of The Dining Table - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2008 from Sarika PeriwalDid you know that in Victorian times, people were so repressed, that not only was the sight of a female ankle considered scandalous, even the sight of table legs was considered unseemly and indecorous! So it was that table legs were also required to be kept covered and out of sight; they were ...
Views: 5751 - My Wife and Mother Can't Stand Each Other by Linda Lipshutz, MS, LCSW, ACSW - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from linda lipshutz“My wife and My Mother Can’t Stand Each Other” by Linda Lipshutz, M.S., LCSW Rob W. writes: ”My wife and I have been arguing incessantly and I am beside myself. Stacy and I have been married for five years and the problem seems to be getting worse, not better. I’ve always been very close to ...
Views: 5702(2 votes) - ***Making Marriage Work in Tough Economic Times - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. There is an old saying that many attribute to a Chinese proverb that goes like this – “May you live in interesting times.” To say that is an understatement of our world today is, well . . . an understatement! We are experiencing unprecedented ...
Views: 5667(32 votes) - Other People's Energy - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2010 from Ruth WilsonOne of the pitfalls of self growth is our tendency to take on other people’s energy and projections. We may shield ourselves against negative energy, but often at the same time we welcome other people’s thoughts and beliefs into our minds and offer them the most comfortable chair. When we ...
Views: 5597(5 votes) - If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2010 from Carmen GuerraI began this process as sort of therapeutic soul searching sort of way. I see myself as many of you have been before me and many more after me as embarking on yet a new adventure or stage in life. During this process I read a quote “If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies” - ...
Views: 5559(1 vote) - Stop Drinking and Save Your Marriage Now! - by Submitted on May 04, 2010 from Lyn AbdullahLife takes on a feverish ‘spin’ when alcoholism becomes the root of unwanted behavioral problems in family life and the scenario becomes worst if there are kids in the family. Showing signs of being too dependent on alcohol is the first sign of trouble and if prolonged, and still denied by the ...
Views: 5549(4 votes) - IS MARRIAGE A NATURAL STATE? - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieWHAT DO DIVORCE RATES SAY ABOUT MARRIAGE? We have all heard about the high rates of divorce in the West and we have also heard about how people are increasingly shunning marriage in the UK and US, opting instead for living together or singledom. Are soaring divorce rates indicative of an ...
Views: 5546 - Boundaries With Adult Children: Lessons From the Prodigal Son - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2013 from Karla DowningAre you trying to figure out your boundaries with your adult children? Then you will benefit from these lessons from the prodigal son. In Luke 15:11-32, a son asks for his inheritance early and then leaves his home to spend it foolishly. When he hits a bottom and realizes he needs to come home ...
Views: 5544 - How to break the cycle of violence - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from Stephanie MannFor decades, politicians have tried to break the cycle of violence by hiring more police and implementing new laws. Those strategies and other penalties, however, have limitations because they do little to prevent the next generation from following the same destructive path. City officials seem ...
Views: 5486(2 votes) - AttaBoy! Phrases That Encourage Positive Action - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2009 from Judy WrightHome, home on the range, Where never is heard A discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day! Oh, that would be wonderful but most parents and bosses tend to feel that criticism and pointing out what is wrong will make others want to do what is right. However, people cannot improve ...
Views: 5367(3 votes) - Outdoor Physical Activity for Kids vs Video Games: 6 Tips to Creating the Balance - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2012 from Kathryn KesslerWhen is playing video games unhealthy? How long is too long to be in front of a video game or television? How do you create the balance between video games and fresh air? Your schedule is full already with after school activities and music lessons; where can you find the time to spend outside ...
Views: 5362 - ***Love, Trust and Forgiveness - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Janet NestorLove, trust and forgiveness are the essentials of life. I know that I need these three nurturing ingredients, and I know you need them too. I have found that living within a family is a magnificent gift and a loving commitment. To make the family work, each member offers the gift of being ...
Views: 5336(10 votes) - ANCESTRY: An Extraordinary Travel Back From Slavery To Royalty - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2016 from Stephanie AdamsANCESTRY: An Extraordinary Travel Back From Slavery To Royalty By Stephanie Adams-Nicolai Introduction I. Delphia II. Native Americans III. American Pioneers IV. Knights Templar And Crusaders V. European Nobility And Royalty VI. Castles Titles And Names VII. Ancient ...
Views: 5292(1 vote) - Chinese baby names ceremonies are exceptionally incredible to explore - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2011 from Baby nologyBaby names ceremonies are differently celebrated in every country.Chinese baby names also showed the eminent ceremony of hundred days after the birth of a baby.In general Chinese people never name their babies before the birth of a baby. Certainly China is the country that is eminently famous ...
Views: 5267 - The Privilege of Being a Parent - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2009 from Jo-Anne CutlerLast weekend I was one of 850 people in my local community that participated in the National Walk for Kids Help Phone, celebrating this amazing organization’s 20th year and raising, within just our small group, approximately 210,000 in pledges! I was so grateful to be a part of this special ...
Views: 5214(5 votes) - The Mother-Daughter Bond: Conflict and Comfort - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Elinor Robin, PhDFor many women, the mother-daughter connection is life's most complex relationship. So it comes as no surprise that many of us struggle with the relationship that we share with our mothers and many of us struggle with the relationships that we share with our daughters. As a mediator and as a ...
Views: 5206(2 votes) - Are you trying to Live up to Other People's Expectations? - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2012 from Christine SherborneLet me ask you this “What is the Real Price of Caring What Others Think?” How many people are in trouble right now because they took on a huge mortgage that they could barely afford?Others bought a bigger car, an extra car or maybe staged an expensive wedding?They have closets full of ...
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